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Poverty Thresholds: 1993


Poverty Thresholds in 1993, by Size of Family and Number of Related Children Under 18 Years 
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                                     |           |                           Related children under 18 years     
                                     | Weighted  |________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ _________________
    Size of family unit              | average   |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |  Eight
                                     |thresholds |  None  |   One  |   Two  |  Three |  Four  |  Five  |  Six   |  Seven | or more  
_____________________________________|___________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________|________
                                     |           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
One person (unrelated individual) .. |     7,363 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Under 65 years ....................|     7,518 |  7,518 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  65 years and over .................|     6,930 |  6,930 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                     |           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Two persons .........................|     9,414 |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Householder under 65 years ........|     9,728 |  9,676 |  9,960 |        |        |        |        |        |        |
  Householder 65 years and over .... |     8,740 |  8,734 |  9,922 |        |        |        |        |        |        |
                                     |           |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |        |
Three persons .......................|    11,522 | 11,303 | 11,631 | 11,642 |        |        |        |        |        |
Four persons ........................|    14,763 | 14,904 | 15,148 | 14,654 | 14,705 |        |        |        |        |
Five persons ........................|    17,449 | 17,974 | 18,235 | 17,677 | 17,245 | 16,981 |        |        |        |
Six persons .........................|    19,718 | 20,673 | 20,755 | 20,328 | 19,918 | 19,308 | 18,947 |        |        |
Seven persons .......................|    22,383 | 23,787 | 23,936 | 23,424 | 23,067 | 22,402 | 21,626 | 20,775 |        |
Eight persons .......................|    24,838 | 26,604 | 26,839 | 26,356 | 25,932 | 25,332 | 24,569 | 23,776 | 23,574 |
Nine persons or more ................|    29,529 | 32,003 | 32,158 | 31,730 | 31,371 | 30,782 | 29,970 | 29,237 | 29,055 | 27,936
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SOURCE:  U.S. Census Bureau

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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Housing and Household Economic Statistics Division